Article: Body and soul: a groundbreaking private school by Richard Cook & Associates stimulates both the intellect and the senses.(the Ross School, South Fork, Long Island, New York)(Brief Article)

IN NEW YORK'S TONY, trendy Hamptons, a good real-estate skirmish is as de rigueur as an afternoon traffic jam on Montauk Highway. Usually, cocktail party chatter revolves around the zoning improprieties and architectural audacity of the summer population. Grandiosity is a favorite target--mention the 29-bedroom megamanse being built by mogul Ira Rennert, and eyes still roll. Even a refreshingly different kind of project can generate buzz, as proved by the master plan for the Ross Institute and the Ross School, a holistic, New Age-y private institution founded in 1991 by Courtney Ross Holst, widow of Time Warner chairman Steven J. Ross, to educate her own daughter. Holst's ...

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